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A. WILLIAMS.

f Hand Seder.

' 4 Patented June 25, 1867.

` q i V@hitch ltartes jgstnt @ffice AUGUSTlS WILLIAMS, OF SEBEC, MAINE. V Letters .Patent No. 66,196, dated June 25, 1867.

PLANTINs-Hos.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONICERN:

v Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS, of Sebec, in the county of Piscataquis, ond Stute of Maine, have in vcnted o. new and useful improvement in PluntinglHoe; and I do hereby declare thet the following is u. fu1l, clear, :1nd exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to mathel und use the sume, referL ence being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification.

This invention relates t'p n new and improved method of depositing seeds in the ground, and covering the i same; and the invention consists in constructing a hoe, and attaching to it nn apparatus whereby the necessary orifice is mede in the grouhd, und the seed dropped and covered at one and the sztnlc operation. i

Figure '1 represents xfend 'View of the planting eppsretas which is attached to th-hoe..

Figure 2 is n side view of the whole implement, it being a. vertical section through the line z a: of iig. 1.

Similar letter-soi` reference indicate like parts.

A represents the blade `of' the hoe; B is the hoe-handle; C is n sliding sleeve on the handle. This sleeve is attached to a sliding-plate, a, by the rod b. D and E form a triangular-shaped box on the hack of the hoe. Eis pivoted to D at c, and, being actuated by the sliding-plete a, through which the top of it passes, as seen'in iig. 2, it is opened and closed at thebottom end as the slide is drawn back and forth. d is a. fixed plate, form- 4ing the top oi' the box, but having nn aperture through it for the passage of the seed. This aperture is seen 'i Y other.

at e.` F is e. block which is loosely attached to the sliding-plate a, having an aperture through it for the pa. s. sage of' the seed. This block, of course, slides with the plate a on thclxed plate d. fis the hopper. The plute a and the block F are moved back and forth over the fixed plate d. The aperture through the block F, marked g, is brought under the hopper, endf filled with seed `nhen the sleeve C isV pushed forward When the sleeve is brought back, or moved in the other direction, the holes g through the block, and the hole e through the fixed plate d, will be brought together, and the secd will drop down into the box D, und behind the blade bf the hoe, as seen in thedraning. i v

In operating the hoe, the handle B is held in one hand, and the sleeve C is moved hack and forth by the The hopper is attached to on `adjustable yoke, J, which is fastened by a. screw to the sides oi' the boxV D.

i This adjustabilty'nllows the block Fto be of anyrequired thickness. The thickness of the block governs the quantity of seed dropped; and theblocks muy be changed to suit the quantity of seed which it is desired to drop in hill. The manner of operating the hoerhvill at once ne understood from the drawing.

What I claim as now, and desire to secure by`Lettex-.s Patent, isp A plantng-hoe, composed of the parts herein shown and described, `when combined and arranged to operate4 substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

. g AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS..

Witnesses:

EDWARD ROBINSON, l Tano. Wurm. 

